Mga Bayani ng Pilipinas Noon at Ngayon

NOON
Kung titingan natin maraming karapat dapat maging
bayani hindi lamang si Jose Rizal. Nariyan si Andres
Bonifacio, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Graciano Lopez Jaena
at iba pa. Ngunit bakit si Dr. Jose Rizal ang hinirang
na pambasang bayani ng Pilipinas? Ayon sa mga
kasulatan si Rizal ang napili dahil sa mga tumama sa
lahat ng batayan at dahil na rin sa kanyang
pamamaraan ng pakikipaglaban laban sa mga
dayuhan. Hindi siya gumamit ng dahas at sa halip ay
ang kanyang panulat. Sa pamamagitan ng pagsulat
minithi niya ang pagkakaroon ng kalayaan,
pagkapantaypantay ng Kastila at Pilipino at isinulat ang baho ng mga Kastila
at mga pinagdaraanan ng Pilipino. At kahit na pwede siyang mapahamak sa
kanyang mga isinusulat, hindi siya nagdalawang isip na ipagpatuloy ito.
Panglawa, si Rizal ay ang hinirang na pambansang bayani dahil siya lamang
ang nakagawa ng pinakamalaki at pinaka-epektibong hakbang upang
mapagkaisa ang mga Pilipino. Nangyari iyon ng kumalat ang kanyang mga
nobela, partikular na nga ang Noli Me Tangere, at El Filibusterismo. Kasama
pa ang mga artikulong naisulat niya sa kanyang kolum sa La Solidaridad na
paminsang ang tema ay diretsong tumatama sa ating mga kababayang
Pilipino noon. Naisulat niya ang, La Indolencia de los Filipinos o Ang
katamaran ng mga Pilipino na nakapukaw sa isipan ng mga Pilipino noon. At
pangatlo ay dahil sa kanyang labis na pagmamahal sa bansa at
nakipaglaban siya sa tahimik ngunit malakas (powerful) na paraan.

NGAYON
Sa kasalukuyang lipunan, simple lang ang ibig sabihin ng bayani: ang
makatulong sa kapwa. Ngunit, napakababaw ng kahulugan para sa isang
bayani. Kung ganoon lang ang mangyayari, marami na siguro ang naging
bayani.

Ano nga ba talaga ang isang bayani? Tama naman ang kahulugan ng iba na
ang isang bayani ay tumulong sa kanyang kapwa. Pero hindi lang dapat
tumitigil ang kahulugan diyan. Ang isang bayani ay hindi lang tumulong sa
kanyang sariling kababayan kundi ang tumutulong sa kapakanan ng
kanyang Inang Bayan.

Kung itong kahulugan ay ang ilalagay natin sa kahulugan ng isang bayani,

sobrang limitado na ang bayani dito sa Pilipinas. Sa masusing pag-iisip.
Naisip ko na mayroong bayani talaga sa Pilipinas at sila ay nahahanap lang
kahit saan.

Si Benigno Ninoy Aquino ay ginawaran ding

isang bayani sa kasalukuyang panahon dahil sa
kanyang ginawang paglaban sa dektatorya ni Marcos.
Matapang niyang hinarap ito sa kabila ng panganib sa
kanyang buhay sa pagbalik nya sa Pilipinas upang
ipagpatuloy ang kanyang laban.

Si Corazon Aquino ay itinuturing makabagong bayani

ngayon sapagkat binuksan niya ang pintuan para sa atin
na yakapin ang tunay na demokrasya sa Pilipinas.

At ang pinakabagong tinanghal na bayani na nagkamit ng

titulong CNN Hero of the year na si Efren Penaflorida.
Tumutulong siya sa mga tao lalo na sa mga batang
gustong mag-aral pero hindi makapag-aral dahil sa
kahirapan. Nagtutulak siya ng karitong punong-puno ng
mga gamit pang-eskwela at pinupuntahan niya ang mga
ito para turuang magbasa at magsulat.

Itinuturing na mga makabagong bayani ang mga taong nagbibigay

karangalan sa ating bansa tulad nila Manny Pacquiao at Efren
Bata Reyes dahil sa kanilang magandang kontribusyon sa
larangan ng isports.

Ang mga OFW (Overseas Filipino Workers) na

nagsasakrispisyo sa ibang bansa para sa kapakanan
ng kanilang pamilya ay itinuturing ding mga
makabagong bayani. Nakakatulong sila hindi sa
kanilang pamilya kundi maging sa gobyerno din.
Tumatatag ang ekonomiya ng bansa sa pamamagitan
ng kanilang mga pinapadalang pera o remitanses.

Marami sa mga guro ang nagtitiis sa init, pagod at kayod

upang maibigay lang ang estudyante nila ng magandang
hinaharap. Iniwan nila ang prestihiyosong pagkakataon na
makapunta sa ibang bansa para lang matulungan ang bata
dito na magkaroon ng maayos na buhay. Ang isa pang
kabutihan dito ay ginagawa nila ito para sa ikabubuti ng
bayan, kahit inderektang ninanais nila

AKO, Tayo!
Pwede tayong maging bayani kahit sa simpleng paraan. Sabi nga ni Rizal,
Ang kabataan ay pag-asa ng bayan!

Sanggunian:
http://ghistorians.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/bayani-noon-at-ngayon/

Sino ang mga bayani ng Pilipinas?

Ilan sa mga bayani ng Pilipinas ay sina Jose Rizal, Andres Bonifacio, Emilio
Aguinaldo, Apolinario Mabini, Graciano Lopez Jaena, Lapu lapu, Diego Silang,
Melchora Aquino, Marcelo H. del Pilar, Gregorio del Pilar, Antonio Luna, Juan
Luna, at ang 3 pare na tinawag na GOMBURZA.
Ilan lamang sa mga bayani ng Pilipinas ang sumusunod:
1. Jose Rizal
2. Juan Luna
3.Apolinario Mabini
4. Andres Bonifacio
5. Datu Lapu-Lapu
6. Padre Burgos, Gomez at Zamora
7. Heneral Gregorio del Pilar
8. Heneral Emilio Aguinaldo
9. Emilio Jacinto
10. Heneral Antonio
11. LunaMelchora Aquino
12. Graciano Lopez-Jaena
13. Mariano Ponce
14. Gregoria de Jesus
15. Fernando Maria Guerrero
16. Felipe Agoncillo
17. Rafael Palma
18. Marcelo H. del Pilar
Sina Jose Rizal (Ang pambansang Bayani ng Pilipinas), Andres Bonifacio
(Ang Ama ng Himagsikan), Emilio Aguinaldo (Ang Pangulo ng Unang
Republika ng Pilipinas), Apolinario Mabini (Ang utak ng Himagsikang
Pilipino at Ang dakilang Lumpo), Juan Luna (Ang Dakilang Pintor na

Pilipino), Emilio Jacinto (Ang utak ng katipunan at ng Himagsikan. Kanangkamay ni Andres Bonifacio), Marcelo H. Del Pilar (Ang Dakilang
mamamahayag ng kilusang Propaganda), Gregorio Del Pilar (Ang Bayani
ng labanan sa Tirad Pass), Heneral Antonio Luna (The Greatest General of
the Revolution), Graciano Lopez Jaena (Ang Dakilang
Mananalumpati), Padre Mariano Gomez, Padre Jose Burgos, at si
Padre Jacinto Zamora (Ang tatlong paring martir).
Sanggunian:
http://tl.answers.com/Q/Sino_ang_mga_bayani_ng_Pilipinas
Inihanda ni:
JOHN
NICHAEL M. BAGOTSAY
SST I / Aral.
Pan Coordinator

Tag Archives: Philippine National Heroes

Selection and Proclamation of National Heroes and Laws

Honoring Filipino Historical Figures
13JUN
Executive Summary
No law, executive order or proclamation has been enacted or issued
officially proclaiming any Filipino historical figure as a national hero.
However, because of their significant roles in the process of nation
building and contributions to history, there were laws enacted and
proclamations issued honoring these heroes.
Even Jose Rizal, considered as the greatest among the Filipino
heroes, was not explicitly proclaimed as a national hero. The position
he now holds in Philippine history is a tribute to the continued
veneration or acclamation of the people in recognition of his
contribution to the significant social transformations that took place in
our country.
Aside from Rizal, the only other hero given an implied recognition as
a national hero is Andres Bonifacio whose day of birth on November
30 has been made a national holiday.
Despite the lack of any official declaration explicitly proclaiming them as national heroes, they remain admired and
revered for their roles in Philippine history. Heroes, according to historians, should not be legislated. Their appreciation
should be better left to academics. Acclamation for heroes, they felt, would be recognition enough.
1. Selection and Proclamation of National Heroes
1.1 National Heroes Committee
On March 28, 1993 , President Fidel V. Ramos issued Executive Order No.75 entitled Creating the National Heroes
Committee Under the Office of the President.
The principal duty of the Committee is to study, evaluate and recommend Filipino national personages/heroes in due
recognition of their sterling character and remarkable achievements for the country.

1.2 Findings and Recommendations of the National Heroes Committee

In compliance with Executive Order No. 75 dated March 28, 1993 , the National Heroes Committee submitted its findings
and recommendations.
1.2.1 Criteria for National Heroes
The Technical Committee of the National Heroes Committee held a series of meetings on June 3, 1993 , August
19,1993 , September 12, 1994 and November 15, 1995 , defining, discussing and deliberating upon the merits of the
various definitions and criteria of a hero. The Committee adopted the following criteria as basis for historical researchers
in determining who among the great Filipinos will be officially proclaimed as national heroes:
Criteria for National Heroes
(Adopted by the Technical Committee of the National Heroes Committee on June 3, 1993 , Manila . Members of the
Committee included Drs. Onofre D. Corpuz, Samuel K. Tan, Marcelino Foronda, Alfredo Lagmay, Bernardita R. Churchill,
Serafin D. Quiason, Ambeth Ocampo, then known as Dom Ignacio Maria, Prof. Minerva Gonzales and Mrs. Carmen
Guerrero-Nakpil)
1. Heroes are those who have a concept of nation and thereafter aspire and struggle for the nations freedom. Our own
struggle for freedom was begun by Bonifacio and finished by Aguinaldo, the latter formally declaring the revolutions
success. In reality, however, a revolution has no end. Revolutions are only the beginning. One cannot aspire to be free
only to sink back into bondage.
2. Heroes are those who define and contribute to a system or life of freedom and order for a nation. Freedom without
order will only lead to anarchy. Therefore, heroes are those who make the nations constitution and laws, such as Mabini
and Recto. To the latter, constitutions are only the beginning, for it is the people living under the constitution that truly
constitute a nation.
3. Heroes are those who contribute to the quality of life and destiny of a nation. (As defined by Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz)
Additional Criteria for Heroes
(Adopted by the Technical Committee of the National Heroes Committee on November 15, 1995, Manila)
1. A hero is part of the peoples expression. But the process of a peoples internalization of a heros life and works takes
time, with the youth forming a part of the internalization.
2. A hero thinks of the future, especially the future generations.
3. The choice of a hero involves not only the recounting of an episode or events in history, but of the entire process that
made this particular person a hero. (As defined by Dr. Alfredo Lagmay)
1.2.2 Historical Figures Recommended as National Heroes
On November 15, 1995 , the Technical Committee after deliberation and careful study based on Dr. Onofre D. Corpuz and
Dr. Alfredo Lagmays criteria selected the following nine Filipino historical figures to be recommended as National Heroes:
a. Jose Rizal
b. Andres Bonifacio
c. Emilio Aguinaldo
d. Apolinario Mabini
e. Marcelo H. del Pilar
f. Sultan Dipatuan Kudarat
g. Juan Luna
h. Melchora Aquino
i. Gabriela Silang
1.2.3 Status of the Report/Recommendations Submitted by the National Heroes Committee.
Since the submission of the report/recommendations by the National Heroes Committee to then Secretary Ricardo T.
Gloria of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports on November 22,1995 , no action has been taken. This was
probably because this might trigger a flood of requests for proclamations. Another possibility is that the proclamations can
trigger bitter debates involving historical controversies about the heroes.

2. Laws Honoring/ Commemorating Filipino Historical Figures

2.1 Heroes
2.1.1 Jose Rizal
2.1.1.1 Decree of December 20, 1898 , issued by General Emilio Aguinaldo, declared December 30 of every year a day
of national mourning in honor of Dr. Jose Rizal and other victims of the Philippine Revolution.
2.1.1.2 Act No. 137, which organized the politico-military district of Morong into the Province of Rizal , was the first official
step taken by the Taft Commission to honor our greatest hero and martyr.
2.1.2 Andres Bonifacio
2.1.2.1 Act No. 2946, enacted by the Philippine Legislature on February 16, 1921 , made November 30 of each year a
legal holiday to commemorate the birth of Andres Bonifacio
2.1.2.2 Act No. 2760, issued on February 23, 1918 , confirmed and ratified all steps taken for the creation, maintenance,
improvement of national monuments and particularly for the erection of a monument to the memory of Andres Bonifacio
2.1.3 Other Heroes
2.1.3.1 Act No. 3827, enacted by the Philippine Legislature on October 28, 1931 , declared the last Sunday of August of
every year as National Heroes Day.
2.1.3.2 Proclamation No. 510, issued by Pres. Fidel V.Ramos on November 30, 1994 , declared the year 1996 as the
year of Filipino Heroes as a tribute to all Filipinos who, directly and indirectly, gave meaning and impetus to the cause of
freedom, justice, Philippine independence and nationhood.
2.1.3.3 R.A. No. 9070, April 8, 2001, declaring the eighteenth of December of every year as a special working public
holiday throughout the country to be known as the Graciano Lopez-Jaena Day
2.2 Other Historical Figures
2.2.1 R.A. No. 6701, February 10, 1989, declaring September One of every year, the death anniversary of Gregorio
Aglipay y Labayan, as Gregorio L. Aglipay Day and a special non-working holiday in the Municipality of Batac, Province of
Ilocos Norte
2.2.2 R.A. No. 7285, March 24, 1992, declaring February Nineteen of each year as Doa Aurora Aragon Quezon Day a
special nonworking holiday in the Province of Aurora in order to commemorate the birth anniversary of Doa Aurora
Aragon Quezon, the first President of the Philippine National Red Cross, and Foundation Day of the Province
2.2.3 R.A. No. 7805, September 1, 1994, declaring January 28 of every year as a non-working special public holiday in
the City of Cavite to be known as Julian Felipe Day
2.2.4 R.A. No. 7950, March 25, 1995, declaring December Eighteen of every year as Araw ng Laguna and a special
working day in the Province of Laguna and the City of San Pablo to commemorate the memory and death of the late
Governor Felicisimo T. San Luis
2.2.5 R.A. No. 9067, April 8, 2001 , declaring April 15 of every year as President Manuel A. Roxas Day which shall be
observed as a special working public holiday in the Province of Capiz and the City of Roxas
*From the Reference and Research Bureau Legislative Research Service, House of Congress

Source: http://www.ncca.gov.ph